At this point I find it very hard to judge the Ooooooze , so many keys injuries and will have a vastly different list moving forward if given the time . One small concern is most successful rebuilt clubs generally build around defence first and then attack ( I stand corrected if that’s incorrect) .
Biggest concern for me at this point is the general consensus of our positives on field this season has been Miller , going ok is Ben and would vastly improve as the 3rd tall defender and be able to use his foot skills of half back as a weapon, however imho hes still not good enough one on one . MJ huge improvement and graph going up ( until injury) however is never going to be more then a defensive small forward , pinch hit mid , no doubt that’s a vital roll , Thirdly Lefau shown some good signs and been thrown to the wolves with no Lynch or Balta , however again looks handy and could well be a big improver , however at the end of the day looks like may just be a roll player , my point been well done to those 3 but they are all limited , for us to rise again we need elite mids and key position players , handy types can be found anywhere but we simply don’t win flags without Elite players and I’m worried we don’t have any young elite players. Having a *smile* year like this will hopefully land us the first of our elite new stable .
Oooze an co are going to have some easy and tough calls come seasons end , Bakes is the one we need to over pay to keep , heart and sole but most importantly top end talent .
My biggest disappointment besides the lack of genuine improvement from the cubs is Young , been a liability a lot of the season , maybe his concussion has had a big part to play and has shown better signs lately , however he’s not anywhere near our 2 best key defenders and with Balta playing 5 games forward and kicking 5 goals it’s time to get our best key defender back , build that backline around Balta , Oooze’s reasons for him playing forward because of his lack of a tank is the one thing he’s said that I think is Bull *smile* . If Gibcus can’t get back and we persist with Balta forward we may have to get used to 100 point loses .
Tough gig for Oooze atm , however if he can get an elite conditioning coach a couple of elite juniors , some creative and smart list re shaping and some good luck with injuries and if he is a top shelf coach we should be in a much better position in 12 months